JULY 20, 2018 — Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has appointed Matthieu de Tugny as group Executive Vice-President, leading the Marine & Offshore Division (M&O).

He succeeds Philippe Donche-Gay as the head of Marine & Offshore and will be a member of the Bureau Veritas Group Executive Committee reporting to CEO Didier Michaud-Daniel.

"Matthieu de Tugny is recognized in the maritime community as a highly experienced leader with a career comprising different leadership roles world-wide. He embodies the expertise and values of Bureau Veritas," commented

JANUARY 19, 2019 — Anthony Veder's Coral Methane successfully completed her first LNG bunkering operation January 16 when she fueled AIDAnova , AIDA Cruises' newest ship and the cruise industry's first ship to be LNG fueled at sea and in port. The operation took place at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

Coral Methane is a 7,500 cu.m vessel that has been modified from an ethylene/LNG carrier to serve as an LNG bunkering vessel for Shell. The modification project, managed by Anthony Veder, took

JANUARY 18, 2019 — Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer apparently has not let go of his dream, first announced in April 2012, to build a 21st century version of the RMS Titanic. Palmer originally hoped that his Titanic II , would launch from Chinesese shipbuilder CSSC Jinling in 2016. Well, that didn't happen.

Today, however, Turku, Finland, headquartered ship designer Deltamarin said that it has been contracted by Palmer's Blue Star Line to continue with the design of Titanic II . The contract covers activities

JANUARY 18, 2019 — St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation is buying three vessels from Germany's Oldendorff Carriers for $100 million — and has extended three newbuilding options at Yangzijiang Shipyard.

Algoma is to acquire the interest held by Oldendorff in the CSL International Pool, including the three Oldendorff ships operating in the pool.

As a result, Algoma’s interest in the pool will increase to about 40%. The pool consists of 18 self-unloading vessels ranging from handy-sized to panamax and provides specialized shipping services

JANUARY 18, 2019 — Norwegian P&I insurer Gard is warning that many coastal states are implementing local regulations that restrict or completely prohibit the discharge of washwater from open loop exhaust gas scrubbers or prohibit the use of scrubbers.

Gard lists those places that have local regulations affecting on the discharge of exhaust gas scrubber washwater, but says the list should not be considered as complete. It adds that "various other coastal states and ports are discussing enforcing similar bans citing the adverse effects of

JANUARY 18, 2019 — Transvac Systems, a U.K. based specialist in the distribution and servicing of wastewater treatment systems, sanitary systems and ballast water treatment systems has been acquired by Espoo, Finland, headquartered cleantech giant Evac.

The acquisition marks another major step forward for Evac, which expanded its global operations by acquiring leading U.K. marine equipment manufacturer Cathelco in May 2018.

One of Transvac's key strengths is a long history as a supplier to the Royal Navy in the UK as well as many projects

JANUARY 17, 2019 — Anchorage, AK, headquartered Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), an independently managed subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company, reports" that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Crowley Vessel Sales Group and completed the purchase of all of Crowley's Prudhoe Bay, Alaska assets – including tugs, barges, heavy machinery and other vehicles and equipment.

"These assets are already positioned on the North Slope," said John Parrott, President and CEO of Foss. "They are operationally ready to perform shallow draft tug

The PSVs acquired are Rolls-Royce UT771CDL design of 3,800 tons deadweight capacity with dynamic position class 2 and firefighting class 1 notations. They can accommodate a subsequent upgrade to a battery hybrid power solution. They will be registered in the Marshall Islands and be named the M/V SEACOR Alp s, SEACOR Andes , and